Maloney, Sondland spar as hearing nears end

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WATCH: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney and Amb. Sondland engage in a tense exchange about who would benefit from an investigation of Joe Biden.

'Thank God': Putin thrilled U.S. 'political battles' over Ukraine is taking focus off Russiahave put accusations that Russia interfered in U.S. elections on the back burner.

"Thank God,” he told an economic forum in the Russian capital on Wednesday, “no one is accusing us of interfering in the U.S. elections anymore; now they’re accusing Ukraine." Some Republicans have used the public hearings to tout a discredited conspiracy theory that blames Ukraine, not Russia, for interfering in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.Jordan railed against Sondland, yelling at the ambassador for not having included in his lengthy opening statement details from a Sept. 9 phone call with Trump on which Trump said there was “no quid pro quo.”“Couldn’t fit in a 23-page opener?” he added.

 

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